Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Bridgewater Town, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Plymouth County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Bridgewater Town public records, Plymouth County arrest records, Massachusetts arrest records and Massachusetts inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Bridgewater Town
The FBI lists Bridgewater Town with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Bridgewater Police Department. It reported 437 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Plymouth County: Bridgewater State University and Massasoit Community College (campus police); the Plymouth County Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (state agency); the Plymouth County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Bridgewater Town Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Bridgewater Town: 437 for 2025, 395 for 2024, 408 for 2023, 358 for 2022, 307 for 2021 and 319 for 2020.
Bridgewater Town's 437 arrests in 2025 were up 11 percent from 395 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Bridgewater Town reported 198 arrests, against 228 in the same months of 2025.
Across Plymouth County, the 27 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,201 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bridgewater Town Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bridgewater Town is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 1,040 people, down from about 1,090 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,140 beds, and it ran at 46 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission at mapostcommission.gov/current-agency/plymouth-county-sheriffs-depart... (page title: Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department | MA POST Commission), 84 State Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02109, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Massachusetts Department of Correction lists its inmates at mass.gov/how-to/find-someone-housed-in-a-massachusetts-prison.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Bridgewater Town
Whether someone was arrested in Bridgewater Town, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Plymouth County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mass.gov/locations/plymouth-district-court, phone (508) 747-8400); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at plymouthda.com/contact, phone 508-584-8120).
Statewide, masscourts.org is the Massachusetts Trial Court's free online case search.
Massachusetts is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: open access iCORI lets anyone request limited conviction information by name, for $25 a search, through the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Bridgewater Town
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Massachusetts Public Records Law the agency must answer within 10 business days, and it may charge staff time after the first four hours for towns and two for the state, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Bridgewater Town police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at bridgewaterma.gov/government/public_records_request.php (page title: Bridgewater, MA), phone 508-659-1249, 66 Central Square Bridgewater, MA 02324, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 508-584-8120, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Plymouth County Superior Court, through the court records page at mass.gov/locations/plymouth-district-court, phone (508) 747-8400.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at plymouth-ma.gov/894/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Plymouth, MA).
- Your own statewide record: a personal CORI request, free once a year online.
The Plymouth County guide covers every agency in the county: Plymouth County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bridgewater Town each year?
Bridgewater Town reported 437 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Bridgewater Town?
Ask the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mapostcommission.gov.
Where are people arrested in Bridgewater Town booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Bridgewater Town?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services: open access iCORI lets anyone request limited conviction information by name, for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Massachusetts Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Bridgewater Town?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bridgewater Town police for its own arrests, the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission for the sheriff's. Under the Massachusetts Public Records Law the answer is due within 10 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at plymouth-ma.gov/894/Public-Records-Requests.
Is this the official Bridgewater Town website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.